Programming the logic theory machine

  • Authors:
  • A. Newell;J. C. Shaw

  • Affiliations:
  • The RAND Corp., Santa Monica, Calif.;The RAND Corp., Santa Monica, Calif.

  • Venue:
  • IRE-AIEE-ACM '57 (Western) Papers presented at the February 26-28, 1957, western joint computer conference: Techniques for reliability
  • Year:
  • 1957

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Abstract

A companion paper has discussed a system, called the Logic Theory Machine (LT), that discovers proofs for theorems in symbolic logic in much the same way as a human does. It manipulates symbols, it tries different methods, and it modifies some of its processes in the light of experience.